over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year. relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i ve been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed
secunder kermani was given rare access to one of the areas where they ve been active the andarab valley. out on patrol. the taliban are now more powerful than they ve ever been. more powerful than the old afghan government ever was. but in this scenic part of the country, they re facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers is launching attacks here in andarab as well as in neighboring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush
on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year.
locals, many see the taliban as outsiders, and they risk repeating the same mistakes as their old opponents. sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab. the former us president donald trump has made his first speech in washington since leaving office, repeating false claims that the election had been stolen. he described the united states under president biden as a nation in decline. he stopped short of announcing his candidacy for 2024, but predicted republicans would retake the white house. many of the world s mountain glaciers are at risk of being lost because of climate change. scientists are warning if current trends continue, the alps glaciers could lose more than 80% of their current mass in the next 80 years. temperatures are currently warming at 0.3 degrees celcius per decade, about twice as fast as the global average.
relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i ve been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed after being detained. we ve spoken to people who knew them. eyewitnesses, they say they were arrested and then shot. translation: there was one doctor who was killed at his home that was due to some personalfeud. a5 for people being taken out of their homes, detained, bound and then killed, we totally refuse this. yes. if there is a clearance operation in an area and someone violently resist the government forces, they will be killed or arrested. that happens everywhere in the world. accompanied by taliban fighters at all times,